Combined corset and brassiere



March 31. 1925.

M. J. REYNOLDS comxm CORSET mm smssxfsma Filed Deb. 13, 1924 PatentedMar. 31, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL J. REYNOLDS, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNO'R TO STROUSEADLER & 00., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A FIRM COMPOSED OF ISAAC M.ULLMAN AND LOUIS M. ULLMAN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AND GEORGE MEYER,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED CORSET AND BRASSIERE.

Application filed December 13, 1924. SeriaiN'o. 755,679.

Be it known that I, MrcHAEL J. RnYNoLos,

a citizen of the United States, residing at I West Haven, in the countyof New Haven 5 and State "f Connecticut, hzwe invented a new and usefulImprovement in Combined Corsets and Brassieres: and I do hereby declarethe following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,and 1 the characters of'reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitutepart of this application, and represent, ]11

Fig. 1 a perspective. front view of a conibined corset and brassiereembodying my invention, and shown in the general position which it wouldassume on the figure of the wearer.

Fig. 2 a similar, rear view thereof.

Fig. 3 a reverse, plan view of the garment.

My invention relates to a combined corset and brassiere, the objectbeing to produce a simple, convenient, comfortable and effect-ivegarment of the character described.

With these ends in View, my invention consists in a combined,side-opening corset and brassiere, characterized by a pair ofsymmetrical, externally-applied, non-elastic, abdomen-supporting flapsapplied to the front of the corset, over a centrally-arranged elasticgusset set thereinto, and lacing on the median line of the corset.

My invention further consists in a combined corset and brassiere havingcertain details of construction as will be hereinafter described.

In carrying out my invention, as herein shown, I employ a shapedcorset-body 5'of non-elastic material, having the center of itsfront-section provided with an elastic gusset 6 extending from its loweredge upward to a point substantially about two-thirds of the verticalheight of the front of the garment, though this point may vary withoutdeparting from my invention. Over the upper portion of the said gusset,I locate a pair of nonelastic, abdomen-supporting flaps 7, the outeredges of whichare secured to portions of the corset-body, while theirinner edges are provided with hooks or eyelets 8 for the reception oflacings 9 by which the wearer supplements the constricting andsupporting action of the'gusset 6.

As shown, the corset-body is provided with hooks 10 and eyes 11respectively applied to one edge of its said front-section, and to theforward edge of one of its sidesections, so that the garment is hookedand unhooked to one side of its median front line.

Substantially, so much of the upper portion of the garment as extendsabovethe upper edge of the said abdomen-supporting flaps 7 constitutesits brassiere feature and imposes no substantial constriction upon thebody of the wearer, this brassiere portion, which is under noconsiderable amount of tension, being held up by Sl'lOlllClQF-StlitPS12.

As shown, also, the lower portion of the garment is provided on" eitherside of the rear-section with elastic gussets 13.

I claim: 1

A combined, side-opening corset and brassicre having a shapedbody-portion, an elastic gusset located in the center of the frontthereof, and extending from the lower edge of the garment well above itscenter, a pair of non-elastic, abdominal-supporting flaps superimposeduponthe front of the corset and secured to it by their outer edges oneither side ofthe said gusset overwhich they extend, the upper portionof the garment extending above the said flaps in position to serve'as abrassiere, means for lacing the said flaps to increase the supportingeffect of the gusset, and means to one side of the gusset for securingthe ends of the body-portion together. 1

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL J. REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

MAURICE B. ULLMAN, RAYMOND W. BISSELL.

